Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-18

December, then we have very dr..
weather until May. (Manifestly, then,
the best time for an American to "a
to Jamaica is just after the holidays. }
Il AIN speaking now of Kingston, p
the Consul continues. There are no
malignant or contagious fevers o.
epidencs OF any sort here. Fol-
people Of temperate habits Jamaica
is AZ healthy place for residence as
any in the United States.
Mr.. Hoskinson then gnes on to tell
something about the cost OF living.
Generally speaking" he Ga, 9, II do
not think it more expensive than in
New York. At the well-known hotel
where am staying, Park Lodge, the
charge for board OF transient guests il
los I'd, or ~ so per day. This in
cludes everything-early coffee at 7
A. M, breakfast at $3.50, luncheon ut 2
r. NJ, tea ut 5 r. NJ. and dinner ut z
P. M clean, airy and well.furnishe /,
rooms, lights, baths, attendance,
boots, etc." ()ur consul. like great
many other Americans who 70 to
foreign lands, has evidently sscaught
on" to the customs of the country.
When he includes "boots" among the
articles furnished by the hotel, he d es
not really mean boots he only means
the service OF u man to p .lish those
the customer already has.) .Perlna-
nent" boarders pay 1850 per week.
A furnished Cottage, c..ntaiuninv
three bedrooms, a small drawing-room.
piazza, dining-room, and the neces-
sary servants out rorIns, could he
rented at from c8 TO &c los per month,
free Of all taxes. An unfinished cot
tage in u pleasant neighborhood might
be obtained at about G5sper month. A
small zen" in the neighborhood OF
Half way Tree, say of five or six acres
OF ground, might be rented at ab,uf
f10 per month. Servants
wages are moderate enough, but
more servants are required
to do household work than in the
Northern States. The chief person.
age, the cook, receives 81. per week,
and IL supposed Ia popular fiction,
arm afraid,) to provide her own food.
The butler receives 81. to 81. The
house-cleaner 6s., the laundress g.,
boy A.. TO 6s., and the coachman, II
you keep . trap, IS. to Sc. The food
supplies are purchased from day to
day ~ they are wanted-the cook
going TO market every morning. The
boy goes for the ice and the daily
newspapers. Servants sleep away
from the premises where they are en-
ploy-d, as a rule. and find their own
food out of their wages. At least they
are supposed to do 30. but fancy
they manage to exist without spend
ing much money on food supplies"
There is q touch Of old times in this
to anybody who has kept house" In
the West Indies. The cook who goes
to market, the butler who does a. lit
tie of anything as possible, the laun-
dress, the boy and the coachman. It
reminds me of Nassau. and urges me
on to say that any American who goes
to any part of the West Indies to
keep house, where he has to keep u
dozen servants to do even the little
work that one Castle Garden bi,iiy
would do, is deserving OF a perman-
ent residence in Blooming,iale. This.
however, has nothing to do with the
question at issue. Either Jamaica is
or Is not good place in winter for
northern people in search Of a.mildl
climate aud an easy, comfortable life
Without going there, and judging
from what have learned from official
documents and from personal inter-
views with some Jamaicans, am in
clinrd to think that it is.-[N. Y.
Times.